Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 24, 2003

LOT 169

Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Chronograph Automatic", case No. D 71968. Produced in the 1990's.Fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold, sapphires and diamonds gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel set with 48 square-cut sapphires, concave lugs set with diamonds, sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. pavé-set with diamonds and sapphire dot markers, auxiliary blue mother-of-pearl dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, aperture for the date, outer tachometer graduation. "Bâton" black hands.M. Cal. 2126/2840, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 41 mm.